Windows Defender window

[Guest]

I have had my new laptop with Windows Vista for five months now. Everything
was great up until three weeks ago. Now, every time I start my computer I
get a Windows Defender box that pops up that says, "Application failed to
Initialize: 0x8001005." What does that ,and how can I fix it?

 

[Guest]

Hello Kelvin,

Error message when you try to start Windows Defender: "Application failed to
initialize"
http://support.microsoft.com/Default.aspx?kbid=935511


Good luck

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the reply, but according to the link you supplied, the error
message was received after upgrading from XP to Vista. I bought this
computer with Windows Vista already installed. Also...when I go to Windows
Defender in the Control Panel, it seems like it is running properly. It
shows that the last scan was on 7/23/2007 and that my "computer is running
normally." I hesitate to do a System Restore unless I know absolutely that
will resolve the issue. One too many times I have tried to fix something and
something else gets messed up. Any other ideas?

 

[Guest]

I am out of answers. Sorry I couldn't help, by all means, check it out with
someone closer to the scene.
Ping, Randy Knobloch MS - MVP Windows (IE/OE) & Security, AH-VSOP In:
microsoft.private.security.spyware.announcements
http://www.microsoft.com/communitie...751-aad9-4973-9a77-d2f7b33c7ff0&lang=en&cr=US

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